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She took the rolled-up diaper and bounced it three times along the side of the crib.

Then, as her mother reached down to put a new diaper in place, she switched hands with the used diaper and fired a high-arcing lob that nestled softly into the Diaper Genie with a soft "whoosh."

Amazing for just 12 days old.

Yup, former Bishop Hannan and Syracuse star Gerry McNamara, and his wife, the former Katie Stott, have welcomed their first child to the family lineup.

Maggie McNamara, a projected WNBA first-round pick in 2034, was welcomed into the Orange family on Sept. 10.

Gerry, an assistant coach on Jim Boeheim's staff at Syracuse, announced the addition on his Twitter account, which now reads, Husband/Father/Coach.

While some have projected Maggie as a shooting guard, that might be overlooking the fact that Katie was a pretty good post player in her days at Bishop Hannan.

Whether she ends up at guard or in the low block, one thing is for sure: Her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins here in Scranton are thrilled to have her in the starting five.

Emanon comes through

Even though I couldn't tick off the spouse of a golf partner with a late return, and missed this year's Autism Tournament at Emanon Country Club, the good folks of the Wyoming County club continued to do give it a top-shelf effort to raise money for S.A.F.E., Supporting Families and Autism Everywhere.

For the fourth year in a row, the good folks there - Tony and Mildred Petrucci, Jerry Gavin, Barry White, Kelli and Harry Stevens, Rick Wilbur and anyone else I've missed - raised more than $15,000 for S.A.F.E.

This year, the toteboard read $16,000 for the one-day tournament that always attracts a full field of players.

Big Irish fan

Is Notre Dame coach Rick Brey now a big Scranton Prep fan? Maybe, now that Prep boys basketball coach Andrew Kettel has delivered some Cavaliers gear to the featured guest at last year's Coaches vs. Cancer dinner.

Kettel took his son, Andrew, to his first Notre Dame football game this weekend when the Irish played Michigan State, where they met up with Brey.

Contact the writer: mmyers@timesshamrock.com @mmyersTT on Twitter

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